Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 21046, Levi Eddy, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Eddy, Levi Rhoda
W 21046
CONTENTS

20. 1. 97 New York ex- Levi Eddy deceased
of Y in the State of who was a Teamster commanded by Captain of the commanded
by in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 192 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Ordering 17 Sept 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 , day of Augt 1832 and sent to Hon J. Horsford H. of M.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Increased from $28 33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. M. McRae Clerk, Book H 2 Vol. 1 Page 20

S. 317 New York at Rhoda Eddy died widow of Levi who was a Tamsler in the Revolution
1852 Oct. 17 P. A. St. notified to pay Administration of Rhoda Eddy
F. E. Hapler March 1 1855 1888 March 29 F. M. Eddy history Pres
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 192 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. ending 3 Sept. 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Aug 52 and sent to Hon J. Harsford Indt from 123.88. H. & P. R.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 - Page 260

Declaration of Louis Eddy.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 state of New York. On the eighth day of October 1832 personally Mr. Adrian Eddy appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas of Saratoga County now sitting. I am really a resident of first now in Saratoga County aged eighty two years, who being sworn in due form of Law doth on his oath depose and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers and served as herein stated.
That at the commencement of the revolutionary war he resided in the Town of Woolstock County of Windham Connecticut. When the News of Lexington battle came to Woolstock the Militia turned out en masse at that place and he went as as one. That they marched at what was called Muddy Brook parade in Woolstock that Ebenezer Manning he thinks was Captain. They first marched to Cambridge near Boston That a few days after they got to Cambridge this detatchment with Captain Manning for six months. He was then permitted to return home, and did so to prepare for the campaign That he returned and joined Captain Manning's Company about the first of May, thinks they were in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Brassens the Lieutenant Colonel and Major not recollect when they were at Cambridge General Ward commanded, they remained at Cambridge until the day the battle was at Bunker Hill , that day in the morning early they moved a short distance to a place called Water Town that they had not got their tents pitched before they were ordered to Bunker Hill , they immediately made preparation for marching, but before they started they had counter orders. thinks there was but one Regiment at Water Town at that time they had the second order to march to Bunker Hill and paraded, but before they marched had orders to go to Prospect Hill , where they went and were on pickets all night in building fortifications, they soon returned to Water Town , where they remained stationed all the season they had very little duty to perform the rest of the campaign That this detatchment was discharged he thinks about the

first day of the  war that he served at this time he thinks six months, after he was discharged he returned to Wadsworth That in the year 1778 (as this declarant thinks though he can not say positively, there was men called for at Wadsworth and some were drafted this declarant volunteered as Second Squad Sergeant the a company commanded by Jonathan Morris Captain they marched first to Providence where they were stationed a few days in the College from there by Water to Narragansett where they landed thinks other company did not all go by water, they were stationed opposite to New Port, where he was and two months and a half, there was a good many troops there at that time, but who commanded them he can't say that after he had served about eleven weeks he enlisted into the Seamen Service for three years, that while they lay opposite New Port one day the Americans fired across and the ball entered the Guard house in New Port as it appeared The British then had possession of New Port and returned the fire, the ball took a leg of an old man that belonged to the Artillery.
That when he entered the Seamen Service he enlisted with Captain Daniel or Francis  of the Town of Pampit in Connecticut, after he enlisted he went home which he thinks was about the Middle of June That this declarant was a Carpenter and after he went home he made loafs for the Waggons in the Service, he remained at home but a short time when he went to Pampit where he took possession of a team, and went to Cambridge and took a load of blankets and tents, and carried them to New Haven near Danbury, they afterwards carried loads to Litchfield and some to Fishkill in New York, and to and from different places from Boston to the North river, He state any thing of a correct account of all the different places to and from which they carried loading it was out of the Power of this declarant from the want of recollection. That there was the principal part of the time nine teams in the detachment to which he belonged, that were generally in company and Captain Vose was with them the greater part of the time and gave them direction where to go to Loading and

where to carry it. They were employed in transporting Provisions and Munitions of War for the Army. They had a boat whose name was Coak, and Coak had a winter they drew their provisions by the barrel from the Government at Stone or in quantities sufficient for each Town, those that were with him most and drawn teams were a More, Benjamin in Jackson, Sawyer Abel Beman, and others that were from Woodstock the names of the others he does not recollect. That he served in the Fanning Service two years or very near it, when he hired a substitute to take his place for the remaining part of his enlistment and joined him then  before Ballards he was a stranger to this Regiment and he never saw him after and can't state what his name was.
That he has no documentary evidence of his services except what is here to allude nor does he know of any other he knows of any other he can prove to testify to any part of his services.
That he hereby relinquishes ever claiming a pension or any other whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Subscribed and sworn before
Then Eighth day of October 1832
A. J. Hoan Clk.
Levi Eddy
And the said Levi Eddy said then and there upon his oath made the following answers to the several interrogatories put to him by this Court (as by the War Department prescribed.)
1 st That he was born at Ashford in the state of Connecticut in the year 1750. 2 o Has a record of his age which is now in his house 3 o That he was living when called into service each time in Woodstock in the state of Connecticut. That he returned to Live in Woodstock after the Revolution, about two years then moved into the Town of Sherburne Massachusetts, where he lived about three years then moved back to Sherburne and lived two years from there into Brimfield then to Burlington in Allegany County New York from there

Married into Lebanon where he now resides which was more than twenty years.
5th That he has self with in his declaration all that his recollection will enable him to as to the troops with which he served, the officers under whom he served and the outlets of his service.
6th That he never knew or written as charge from the service 7th That Elders Thomas Ferris and George Mosley & John B. Bullock are acquainted with him and can testify as to his chara- cter for piety and their opinion as to his having been a Soldier in the Revolution.
And the said Court do here by declare their opinion after investigating the matter and putting the interrogations presented by the War Depart- ment the above named Applicant was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and served as he states And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Ferris who has subscribed and sworn to the certificate here attached is a clergyman residing in Lebanon in this county, and that
is also a resident of Lebanon of good faith and a respectable person and that their statement is entitled to credit
As the said Court do here by declare their opinion after investigating the matter and putting the interrogations presented by the War department that the above Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, in his foregoing declaration.

State of New York Madison County ss Benjamin Eddy on his oath deposes and say, that he is sixty six years of age that he is cousin to Levi Eddy who is now present and who now resides in Litchfield in said county of Madison, that he this deponent during the Revolutionary War resided in the Town of Woodstock Windham County Connecticut during the Revolutionary War , that this deponent lived with the brother of the said Levi, and that the said Levi then lived in the same house at that time and the greater part of the time in the same house with this deponent, that this deponent when news came of Lexington battle there was much called for and this deponent went and carried the said Levi to the place where the men then mustered, for the said Levi to join the troops, that the said Levi then went as with the company it was said they were going to Lexington, that said Levi was gone a short time and returned and said he had enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Banning, that he made preparations for the campaign and went away again, and was gone all summer and this deponent thinks until in the winter that it was reported and generally talked of in the family that the said Levi was in the Army near Boston, that while the said Levi was absent he wrote home one or two letters which this deponent distinctly recalls and from what he then knew this deponent has now stout but that the said Levi served the campaign in the Army as a soldier near Boston at that time.
That afterwards in the year 1777 or 1778 there was a draft at Woodstock and the said Levi was either drafted or volunteered to go to the east it was said into Rhode Island, that he went from home and was gone two or three months when he returned and said he had enlisted in to the Flanders Service for three years, that the said Levi was a carpenter and immediately went to making boxes for the wagons in the service, at which he worked a few days and then left home and said he was going to join the service,

It was then understood and talked in the Nighbour House and by the family that the said Levi was in the Service that the time said Levi was absent from home that time in all a long time; Though this Defendant thinks that during the time he was once home for a day or two, that while the said Levi was in the said Training Service this Defendant went to call on him at his and saw him on the service at Pampel. That this Defendant can't state the time that the said Levi served in the Training Service but he is certain that that he was absent one year or more while it was said he was in that Service, and this Defendant thinks nearly two years, but that he did not serve his time out for this Defendant recalls that the said Levi hired a substitute to serve a part of the time. And this Defendant further saith that the said Levi has ever been a man of good character in every respect. & Further he saith that Subscribed & sworn before me the 31 st of August 1832, And I hereby certify that it appears to me that the said Benjamin Goldy who has sworn to said the foregoing affidavit is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Benjamin Goldy
James B. Eldridge First Judge of Mch. Co.

I Ebenezer Mosley a resident of the Town of Lebanon in the County of Washington do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Love Eddy who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration and have been acquainted with him for more than twenty years, that the said Eddy is a Man of strictly moral character and has always been respectable in every respect and from my knowledge of the character of said Eddy I consider his statements entitled to full credit. I live in close proximity to said Eddy and don't recollect of having heard it mentioned until of late that he was a soldier in the Revolution but from what I have recently heard reported I am of opinion he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served in the States.
Subscribed & sworn before me September 10th 1832 A I
Ebenezer Mosley
affidavit that I am acquainted with the said Ebenezer Mosley and that he is a Man of unimpeachable character in every respect and that his statements are entitled to full credit.
James B Redridge first Judge Washington Co.

Declaration of Fair Salary
It requested to be made to J.B. Hanchett Hamilton Hamilton County N.Y.
I Thomas Ferris a clergyman resident in the Town of Litchfield in the County of Madison & State of New York do certify that I am personally acquainted with him Lem Eddy who is named in the foregoing declaration as claimant That I believe him to be eighty two years of age That it is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was, or soldier in the Revolution and I am in that opinion I do further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Eddy for near twenty years for which time with the exception of one or two years have lived neighbors to him that he has ever been My acquaintance with him convinced the character of as a respectable honest upright man and a man of strict piety and that I believe his statements entitled to full credit in every respect
Affirmed to before me September 14th 1832 Thomas Ferris & I certify that the said Thomas Ferris is a clergyman resident in Litchfield in the County of Madison J Beldridge first Judge Mad. Co.

State of New York } I John W. Buckley a resident of the Town of Madison County } Franklin  Franklin in said County do hereby certify That I am now there have been acquainted with said party when said  is  his  his  deposition  deposition  sworn to the  the  affidavit  deposition to which this is attached and that said party has ever sustained the character of a Man  of  of strict Morality in every respect, and that some time past  past has been acquainted with said party it has been reported and believed in the neighborhood where said party has resided that he was a soldier in the Revolution. That I have frequently heard the said party years ago recount his services in the Revolution and what I so heard the said party at those times state as well as from my knowledge of his character for veracity I have full confidence in the facts set forth in his said Declaration
J. W. Buckley
Subscribed & sworn to before me September 1832 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Buckley and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit.
James B. Eldridge first judge of Madison County.
State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } ss. I Andrew L. Sloan, Clerk of the said County do certify that James B. Eldridge Esq. before whom the four preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn. was, at the dates of the same, the first Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 8th day of October 1832 A. L. Sloan Clk
That this declaration was enlarged he thinks about the

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the within named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states - And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Levi, who has signed the within annexed Certificate is a Clergyman in the town of Lebanon in the said County, and that John W. Bulkley, who has signed the within annexed Certificate, and that Ebenezer Moseley, who has signed the within Certificate, are both residents of the town of Lebanon in said County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Madison, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the Matter of the application of Levi Eddy for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832.
A. S. Sloan Clk.
Levi Eddy's Pension - from
1698

State of New York } Levi Eddy being sworn in due form Madison County } ss } of Law cloth in his oath depose and say That from old age and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but from what he can recollect he is positive that he served in the Year 1775 six months or more as a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution. That in the Year 1778 as this deponent thinks (though he cant for the reason before mentioned speak with certainty as to the Year) he served two months and a half as a Second Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution and at the end which least Memorial Service that he enlisted into the United States Teaming Service as a private soldier teamster in which Capacity he served two years or more Making in the Year 1775 six months as a private soldier, in the Year 1778 two and a half months as second sergeant and from then two years as a private Teamster, for which he claims a pension.
Subscribed and sworn before
Levi Eddy
the May 22 d 1833
James B Eldridge J.P.
State of New York } Madison County Clerk's Office } J. Andrew Sloan, Clerk of the said County do Certify that James B Eldridge before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 23 d day of May 1833. A. J. Sloan Clk.

V 4584
Phoebe Aldag Oct 1836
Married 25 Jan 1881
Husband died 17 Sept. 1887
Not entitled
Reputed

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act, of Congress of the 4 th July 1836, State of New York. On the 22 nd day of April 1837 personally appeared before me Edward Madison County ss. Rogers first judge of said County of Madison Rhode Eddy as President of the Town of Lebanon in said County of Madison aforesaid. I being first duly sworn according to Law do hereby certify that I have made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, That she is the Widow of Levi Eddy deceased late of Lebanon aforesaid who was a Revolutionary prisoner of the United States up to the time of his death and who served as a Private in the Revolutionary Army, and to whom no pension certificate was granted on the 15 th day of September 1833, granting to him twenty eight Dollars and thirty three cents per month from the 4 th day of March 1831, during his natural life. Said certificate is recorded Letter Caps Secretary of War, and is Numbered 20,497. That the said Levi Eddy died at Lebanon aforesaid on the seventeenth day of September 1837.
And she the said Rhode Eddy doth further depose and say that she was married to the said Levi Eddy on the 25 th day of January 1781 at the Town of Hoosick in the State of Connecticut that she knows of no records of her marriage, except the one here to attested which was made by her Husband the said Levi Eddy soon after their marriage and has ever since remained as the family records. That she and her Husband the said Levi Eddy were married by Pastor Colchols Esquire or Justice of the Peace. That her Husband the said Levi Eddy served as Private in the Revolutionary Army, in order to their marriage as she was unmarried by her Husband. That she has not been married since the death of her Husband the said Levi Eddy but has remained a Widow ever since, as will also appear by the proof here to attested.
Rhode Eddy
I do hereby subscribe the day a year above mentioned before me - and I further certify that by reason of her extreme old age & bodily infirmity in consequence thereof she is unable to attend in Open Court to make her declaration - Edward Rogers first judge of Madison County Court

State of Kentucky
Madison County Clerk's Office ss: I, Aligunda Donaldson for Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Edward Rogers Esquire the person before whom the foregoing Declaration subscribed to have been made and sworn to was on the day of the date thereof first Judge of the County Court in and for the said County duly appointed and sworn and that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Edward Rogers and verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County the 18th day of June 1839.
Aligunda Donaldson for Clerk "

4584
Adolph Eddy - Oct 1836
Maria 20 Jan 1781
Adolph and 17 Apr 1837
12/10/1937
Reputed
Adolph Eddy was born in the town of... his father was... his mother was... he was educated in... he spent his early years... he was a member of the family... he was educated in the town of... he was a member of the family... he was educated in the town of... he was a member of the family...
Adolphus Eddy
Sworn & subscribed this 12th day of April 1939 before me - I further certify that the said Adolphus Eddy is a competent witness a credible one - Edward Rogers, Vice Judge of Madison County Courts.

Records of the age of my Children

Nancy Eddy Born the 12 th day May 1788
Dolley Eddy Born January 25 th , 1790
Charles Eddy Born the 10 th May 1792
we had a daughter Born the 31 st day of October and Died the 21 st day of November in the year 1795
Rhoda Eddy Born July the 28 th 1799 18
Levi Eddy Born June the 12 th day 1730 Rhoda Eddy his wife Born October the 15 th 1750 and we was married January the 25 th , 1781
we had a son Born January the 12 th 1782 and Died the 26 th day of the same month
Cyril Eddy Born the 18 th November 1782
Adolphus Eddy Born September the 28 th 1789

16098 Levi Eddy Madison Co N.Y.
(e in with m)
Admitted Private 8 1/2 mo
26.00 1.60 28.32 56.00 allowed 14.16 10.82
J. B. Eldridge Hamilton Madison Co N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 16 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Levi Eddy Madison Co NY
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Pension not allowed err - vol 1778 6 private Capt M Manning Capt M Morris Capt Pen son Gen Baker Muddy Brook Jericho Cambridge Boston Watertown Bunker Hill Red Bank Providence Saratoga Still Creek Port Com Bridge Charlton Red Bank Bunker Hill Cler NY 82 years Caledon Connecticut Benjamin Eddy states as answer from the year 1777 or 78 real 2 years service - he gives his own testimony as to his service  
about 14 years service 2 or very nearly so
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with
served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about here or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[1] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and true to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
15 th The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 12 [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John R. Ashton

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MER/eel
June 1, 1929
Samuel A. Eddy Apartment B-4 167 Washington Street Hartford, Connecticut
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21046, it appears that Levi Eddy was born June 12, 1749, in Ashford, Connecticut.
While residing in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, when the news of the battle of Lexington was received, the militia of that place turned out in masse and he marched with the others in Captain Ephraim Manning's Company to Cambridge, and there enlisted about May 1, 1775, served as a private in Captain Ephraim Manning's Company in Colonel Parsons' Connecticut Regiment and was discharged about December 15, 1775.
He enlisted in 1777 and served eleven weeks as sergeant in Captain Jonathan Morris' Connecticut Company, then in the same year, 1777, enlisted for three years in the teaming service and made boxes for the wagons and hauled supplies under Captain David Force, Connecticut Troops.

After the Revolution he lived in Woodstock, Connecticut, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and Broomfield and Burlington, Otsego County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, while a resident of Lebanon, Madison County, New York, where he had lived for twenty years.
He died there September 17 or 12, 1837.
The soldier married January 25, 1781, in Woodstock, Connecticut, Rhoda Hyde, of that place, who was born October 13, 1751 or 1752.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 22, 1839, while a resident of Lebanon, New York. She died September 8, 1844.
Their children were:
Son born January 12, 1782, died " 26, 1782. Cyril born November 18, 1782. Adolphus " September 28, 1784. Nancy " May 28, 1788. Polley " January 25, 1790. Charles " May 16, 1792. Daughter " October 31, 1795, died November 11, 1795. Rhoda born July 18, 1799.
The following children survived their mother:
"Adolphus Eddy, Nancy Chapman and Polley Kibby, of Michigan, and Cyril Eddy, a resident of Ohio".

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jesse J. Eddy or to a Jesse Eddy, who lived in Madison, New York.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Upt B 4 - 167 Washington St Hartford Conn Dec 24/28
Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section
For use in the compilation of a genealogy of the Eddy family, will you please send me such information as your files contain relative to Rhoda Eddy, a Revolutionaries War pensioner in 1840, and then a resident of Madison, or Madison County, New York.
Also any information you have concerning Jesse J. Eddy who lived in Madison, N.Y. Not as yours truly, Samuel A. Eddy
No Jesse J. not as Jesse

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21046
Thomas Eddy
will of
Levi Eddy
January 20, 1840
Act: March 22, 1843 June 14, 1843
Index:—Vol. 28 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1029; parcel, trial to Samuel A. Eddy, M.E.G.

N. York Rhoda Eddy widow of Levi
See let. to James B. Eldridge Sept. 25. 1839 to same 19. Nov. 1839 to same 18. Jan. 1840
Act 4. July 1836
N. York Rhoda Eddy let. to J. Eldridge 6 June 1840
Act July 1838

Albany (My) Roll
Levi Eddy, who was a Teamster in Mad, with Brigade - Old St. June 7, 1832.
2 years Teamster $182 per Annum
for March 4, 1831 to Sept. 18, 1832, when he died - deducting former payments at $28 33 / 33
Payable to
Adolphus Eddy, Mary Chapman, Polly Nibby, & Cyrus Eddy Cyrus Eddy, only children Hon J. Hosford, H. B.
Albany (My) Roll
Maria Eddy, widow of Levi, who was a Teamster in Woodworth's Brigade,
Old St. July 7, 1838. V. V.
2 years Teamster $182 per Annum.
Deducting former payments at $23:88, Com. Sept. 1. 1837, 3 rd Sept. 1844, when she died -
Payable to Adolphus Eddy, Mary Chapman, Polly Nibby & Cyril Eddy, only children &c
to Hon J. Hosford, Horn of Reps.

20497.
New York
Lori Eddy
of Madison in the State of N. York who was a private in the Co. H. commanded by Captain Manning of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Powers on the Canal line for 8 1/2 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sep. 1833 and due to J.B. Eldridge Hamilton
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 60.82 Pension allowance ending 4 Mo. 34 14.16 $ 74.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 11. Page 55

5604 New York C ty Rhoda Eddy died - widow of Levi who died on the of in the State of who was a Seaman commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the for Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 192 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 18 th day of March 1836. Sept r . 1837 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Aug t 1852 and sent to Hon. J. Horsford
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Increased from $23.88.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. M. Mac Clerk. Book Vol. 1 Page 539.

5317
Rep?
Albany, N. York
Rhoda Eddy
widow of Levi Eddy
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of April 1843 and sent to John Foote Hamilton, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, Page 259.

Albany 5604
Rhoda Eddy
widow of Levi Eddy
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 17 th Sept. 1837 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Manning of the reg t commanded by Col. Lawrence in the War. time for 7 months & 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1836. 18. September 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of July 1840 and sent to J. B. Eddy Hannibal, Madison Co. N. York
Arrears to the 1 th of March 1840 55.70 Semi-annual allowance ending July 1840 11.94
$70.64
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 76

STATE OF MICHIGAN. } PROBATE COURT FOR SAID COUNTY. COUNTY OF Kent
In the matter of the Estate of Rhoda Eddy Deceased. By Solomon S. Withery Judge of Probate for said County. To Adolphus Eddy of said County. GREETING:
WHEREAS Rhoda Eddy lately departed this life intestate, being at, or immediately previous to her death an inhabitant of the State of New York and having while she lived and at the time of her decease, Estate within said County of Kent to be administered; whereby the power of committing administration and full disposition of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate, whereof the said deceased died possessed, in the State of Michigan, and also the hearing, examining and allowing the account of such administration doth appertain unto me; and you having given a bond in the premises, which has been duly approved and filed as required by law in that behalf: NOW, THEREFORE, trusting in your care and fidelity, I do, by these presents commit unto you the said
Administration with
Full power and authority to administer and faithfully dispose of according to law, all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate of said deceased, within the State of Michigan, which shall at any time come to your possession, or to the possession of any other person for you, and to ask, gather, levy, recover and receive all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and estate whatsoever, of said deceased, which to her while she lived and at the time of her death did belong; and to pay and discharge all debts, and charges chargeable on the same, or such dividends thereon as shall be decreed by said Court: Hereby requiring you to make and return to said Court, within three months, a true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels, rights, credits and real estate of said deceased, which shall come to your possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person for you, and also to render a just and true account of your administration to said Court, within one year, and at any other time when required by said Court, and to perform all orders and decrees of said Court by you to be performed in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Probate Court at the City of Grand Rapids the Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two .
S. S. Withery
Judge of Probate.
RECORDED. L. B.
FOR.

State of Michigan Probate office Kent County
ss: I. Solomon S. Matheny
Judge of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the original Letter of Administration granted this day to Adolphus Eddy in the matter of the Estate of Rhoda Eddy late of Madison County State of New York deceased
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office at the City of Grand Rapids in said County of Kent the fifth day of September A.D. 1882
Solomon S. Matheny Judge of Probate

Levi Eddy —
a Teamster in Dept. Horse Co. for 20 years, — widow Rhoda Eddy. pns acct 38 43 New York. —
Service as Teamster not admitted, when claim was adjusted. Its allowance is now requested, —

Additional evidence and Proof of kinship case of Rhoda Eddy. Impact 38, + 43
New York,
Dec d Sept 3 rd 1844.
Adolphus Eddy
Agnes Eddy
Nancy Chapman
Patty Ribby
only children

State of Connecticut City of Hartford, May 27, 1852.
I Charles Hosmer, Recording Secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society do hereby certify that among the Manuscript Account Books formerly belonging to the late Jeremiah Wadsworth Deputy Commissary General in the War of the Revolution and presented by his son the late Daniel Wadsworth Esq. to said Society, is one which purports to be a Ledger in which accounts are charged to Thomas Mifflin Quarter Master General of the Army; among which are the following entries viz:—
"1778. Feb. 10. To Cash paid David Force, the amount of his Pay Roll for himself and Teamsters, from the time of their enlistment till their first month was up, viz:— in which Company I find the name of "Levi Eddy from May 28 th to June 16 th 1777, 1 month & 40 shillings £4.10."
"1778. Feb. 14. To Cash paid David Force, the amount of his Pay Roll for himself and Teamsters from June 28 th 1777 to Nov. 28 th following viz: in which Company is the name of "Levi Eddy from June 16 th to Nov. 28 th 1777, 5 months, 160 160 shillings, £24."
Additional, Service, and

1778. June 18. To Cash paid David Force pr. Bill, "the amount of his Pay Roll, for him and his Com- pany of Trumbull, from the 15 th Nov. 1777, to March 1 st 1778, viz:" in this Company is the name of Levi Eddy, Trumbull, from Nov. 28 th 1777, to March 2 nd 1778, being 3 months 2 days, at $4.16. pr. month, . . . . . $14.14.4"
Chas. Hosmer, Rec. Secy. Conn. Historical Society
State of Connecticut
Hartford 27 th May 1852
Be it known, that before the subscriber a Notary Public of the County of Hartford, personally appeared Charles Hosmer known to me to be the signer of the foregoing, and made oath to the same. In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal, and signed my name the day and year as above written.
E. Dodd Jr. Notary Public

State of New York County of Wayne } p l Leander S. Ketchum, County Judge, doing the duties of Surrogate in and for said County, do hereby certify that at a Surrogates Court held before me at My Office in Clyde on the first day of June 1852, evidence, satisfactory to said Court, was adduced to show that Rhoda Eddy late a pensioner of the United States from the State of New York as widow of Levi Eddy, at the rate of about $23.88 - per mensem, died on or about the 13 th day of September (1844) An thousand eight hundred and forty four, - that she left the following named children her surviving, which are her only children her surviving, viz Adolphus. Eddy Nancy Chapman & Polly Ribby of Michigan (and Cyril Eddy a resident of Ohio, (and that each one of the age of twenty one years and upwards,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of June 1852, Leander S. Ketchum County Judge

1833
Rhoda Eddy
At July. 7. 1838
Marr'd 25. Jan 1781
Huband dwd 17. Sept. 1837
Col Parsons — } Conn Capt Manning } Line
Amity
Printed 7 mo 25 days
J. B. Eldridge Esq Hamilton
County of Madison New York

State of Ky. Madison Co Nashville July 10 1845
Dear Rhoda Eddy of St. Louis Mo. Mad- bo. Ky. obtained a Certificate for a pension under the act of March 3 1843 on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband Levi Eddy at the rate of $23.88 per annum and draw her pension & returned her Certificate to the War department and died about 12 days before the 4 th of Sept 1844 and if she had lived at that time would have been entitled to the a semi annual part  payment , under the act of June 1844 entitled an act to continue the pension of certain widows, And now her heirs (who are poor) want to obtain the bal ce . I therefore desire information whether by existing Rules it will be necessary to set out the Certificate in the papers & if so must request a copy of it, which I suppose is on file. It was returned in March or April 1844 I suppose.
Yours most Respectfully
John Lodge
Col Edwards Esq
I will thank you for an early and unsworn as your communication will admit J H

Brief in the case of Rhoda Eddy, etc County and State of New York act July 7, 1838,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Memor.
Admitted for Team service which had her formerly rejected.
On Roll of Wadsworth's Farmster, a story of oh Loh, who was converted, &c (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent H. A. J. Hosford H. R.
Examining Clerk, Cycle Mels

Brief in the case of Sen Eddy, decd County and State of New York act June 7, 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was a person in the New York Rolls dated June 7, 1832 - of the roll of # 18: 33  201 for annum - he, same as a Trustee having been rejected. He is, born in Wadsworth Roll, as a 3 years old.
(If for increase.) Concluded on Col. who has charge of the Roll. Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent Hon J. Hosford, H. B.
Examining Clerk. Ode M.

46. Smithson Mountain County N.Y. June 27th 1840
J. B. Edwards Esq.
Pension Agent
Two years of the 6th inst. was duly removed. In which your State that in the Declaration of Widow Eddy. No evidence of the date of her Marriage had been given and that of Lew Eddy her Husband had applied for a pension during his life that but must be stated in a Supplemental affidavit. I apprehend the facts in the case have been lost sight of. allow me to state. Mrs Eddy first made her Declaration in which the fact was set forth that her Husband Lew Eddy was so pensioned at the time of his death giving the date of his pension certificate and which was accompanied by affidavits showing there was no public record of their Marriage but proving the Marriage by witnesses who were present. There was also the family records of Lew Eddy attached to the Declaration which among other thing stated the date of their Marriage which records corresponded with the affidavits.
When the certificate of the Comptroller of Comptroller was returned the Department concluded that the appli- -cation was in form under the wrong act and refused that no new declaration should be made - I was not apprised of the matter going through with the form of presenting the proof. and allow me to hope that by referring the to the papers now on file it will be found that the claim is made out fully according to the rules of the Department.
If no part of the first papers can be taken as a part of the case will you please return the first declaration and accompanying papers to me as they contain the only evidence of their Marriage. The first declaration was made in the fall of 1838.
Respectfully Yours &c J. B. Eldridge

State of New York Maden County ss on this 23 rd day of March 1844 personally before the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in for said County Rhoda Eddy a Resident of Lebanon in the County aforesaid aged Ninety two years who being duly sworn according to law with on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Levi Eddy who was a private in the war of the Revolution & died on the twelfth day of September 1837, but in what Corps or Regiment he served she this declarant does not remember but that the same was stated in her papers on which her certificate was granted bearing date the 9 th day of July 1840 as she be- lieves, and to which papers, file in the war office, she refers for information in those particulars, and that said certificate is also a file in said war office as she supposes as it was returned when she drew her last pension, and that the annual amount of her pension which she received under the "act of July 7, 1838" was Twenty three dollars & Eighty Eight cents
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to & Subscribed {
On this day personally appeared Rhoda Eddy above written before me & I certify that the said Rhoda Eddy is personally known to me
John Frost Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County Clerks Office
Isaac T. Bentley Clerk of said County hereby certify that John Fooler Esqr whose name is signed to the within affidavit and certificate was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Madison duly elected and qual- ified and that I am well acquainted with the said Justice's hand writing & verily believe his said signa- ture is genuine Given under My hand and seal of office this 27 th day of March 1844
J. T. Bentley Clerk

Waverly Madison County N.Y.
December 24th 1837.
J. B. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
Enclosed is the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut in evidence of the Service of some Evidly drawn rate of this country which is offered in support of Rhode Island within of the South Some Evidly
I have to make the request that it may be returned as soon as the business in your Department will permit.
With the highest considerations of Respect I am Sir Yours &c
James B. Edwards

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Dec r 20 1839
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Levi Eddy who claims service in the Revolutionary War under Col. Ebenezer Dyer during in 1775 - and under Col. Jonathan Mooris in 1778 - that I have examined the records in this office in a fair & A Pay Roll of the 7th Company 3rd Regiment raised by Genl. Assembly Connecticut 1775 (Ephraim Mearns Captain) on this Roll the name of Levi Eddy appears & entitled to service May 10 Date of discharge Dec 15 Living 1 year 7 Mo. 5 Days The name of Col. Ben a Morris not found
Henry Robinson Compt

Wesminster Middlesex County N.Y.
Novem. 9th 1839.
I believe words to get the name of Pensions
Dear Sir In the case of the Application of the Widow of Lieut. Eddy, I had a Pension you write me that it is necessary to have a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Massachusetts as to the Service. I have written there and am assured that I must send them the Col. Compt. Do Lieut. and in whom Eddy served. I made the papers for Eddy and did not retain a copy, and am unable to state who he served under. Eddy being dead and his family not knowing who he served under I am compelled to ask the favour of you to inform me who Eddy served under and the time of his service. As the same appears in his papers he served at and the time when as we have now no other means of ascertaining it.
With Respect I am Sir Yours &c
James Beldridge
Rhoda Eddy N.Y. act 4 July 36,
registered 4584
recd 18th June
no action noted on Reg.

Hamilton Madison County N.Y. June 11th 1837
W. B. Edwards Esquire Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers in the matter of the claim of Deborah Folsom widow of Levi Folsom late of this County. I ought in them therein is wanting to entitle her to a pension will you inform me.
Last winter I think it was I enclosed to The War Department some papers in the claim of James Williams who had drawn a pension out of fifty Dollars a year and had made an attempt to renew it enlarged since the death of John G. Stamer of this place deceased him. It seems that an investigation of the matter it was decided that Williams had drawn for too long a time according to the proof, and his pension was discontinued. The papers I forwarded last were sufficient going further to prove the services of Williams and his services in addition to those for which he is allowed. In behalf of Mr Williams I have to ask to be informed if the papers forwarded by me in his case were received in the office and how his matter stands. also if it is necessary for him to send to the Department his original certificate. I know very little of his services as Stamer was before about the business for him.
At the time I forwarded the papers in Williams case I also forwarded papers for Deborah Folsom or persons who formerly resided in Vermont praying to be transferred to the New York agency. I have not heard anything from either I think as Williams papers and they have become extremely confused to hear from them or learn if they have been removed at the War Office. Will you be so good as to inform me the state of both cases.
I am Sir with Respect Yours &c. James B. Eldridge

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, Co. of Madison ss. On this day personally appeared before me Ephraim Holmes one of the judges of the county courts of said county. Rhoda Eddy is resident of Lebanon in said county of Madison aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Sam Eddy who was a private in the Revolutionary Army in the year 1775 under Captain Ephraim Munnings (but the date of the commencement and termination of his service is unknown to this deponent) (as is also the particular place of his service). She further declares that she was married to the said Sam Eddy on the twenty fifth day of January 1781 that her husband the said Sam Eddy died on the 17th day of September 1837 that she was not married to him (prior to his leaving the said Sam) but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 at the time above stated. That her husband the said Sam Eddy died at the Farm of Lebanon aforesaid.
Rhoda Eddy
Sworn and subscribed on this day and year first above written before me Ephraim Holmes Judge of Madison Co. Court, State of New York. And I the said Judge do hereby certify that from bodily infirmity the above named Rhoda Eddy is unable to appear in court to make her Declaration given under my hand at Lebanon aforesaid this 22nd day of February 1840. Ephraim Holmes.

Clerks office Madison County State of New York I John W. Starwell Deputy Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Epenehus H. Holmes Esquire before whom the within Declaration purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge And verify believe that his signature subscribed to the within Declaration is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 22 d day of February 1840 John W. Starwell Dep. Clk

State of New York } On the 13th day of October 1838 before the Otsego County } Subscribers Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Benjamin Eddy who being duly sworn cloth on his oath before me say that he is Seventy two years of age That he was born to Levi Eddy deceased late of Schoharie County of Madison New York That the deponent and the said Levi Eddy both resided in the Town of Windstock in the State of Connecticut when the said Levi Eddy was married to Rhoda Hyde of Windstock upon said That they the said Levi Eddy and Rhoda Hyde were married in the Month of January one Thousand Eight hundred Seven hundred and eighty one That he does not recollect the day of the Month That the deponent was at their wedding and saw them married That they were married by a Justice of the Peace by the Name of Elizer Childs. That they have since then lived together as husband Wife and have raised up a family of Children to wit: Tyrel Eddy Adolphus Eddy Nanny Eddy Polly Eddy besides some Children that are now dead. That the deponent continued to be well acquainted with the said Levi Eddy up to the time of his death (which took place on or about September last as the deponent has understood at Schoharie upon said) That the deponent has often been at the house of the said Levi Eddy since he lived in Schoharie upon said and further says that Sworn and subscribed before me this day of date and I here certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Benjamin Eddy and that he is a person of good character for veracity William Grafton Justice of the Peace
Benjamin Eddy

State of New York } Osteo County ss }
I Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Ransome Spear before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said County duly Elected and sworn, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe his signature affixed the Certificate thereof is genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 25 th day of April 1857
Jesse Rose Clerk